Indigenous peoples were “victims” of a government that set out to destroy their culture, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday in what are perhaps the most expansive comments ever made by a North American leader...

The ACLU of Missouri has filed a lawsuit against St. Louis alleging protesters there were subject to excessive force and the use of chemical agents without warning by the police, and that officers interfered with those taking photos or videos of...

Facebook may have toughened their political advertising rules after they discovered that a Russian group spent $100,000 on ads meant to influence the American presidential election, but one cybersecurity expert told MSNBC’s Ali Velshi that...

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck on Friday off the coast of Northern California in the Pacific Ocean, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said, but there were no reports of damage or injury. It was quickly followed by a second quake of 5.6 closer...

On Nov. 2, 2016, just days before Donald Trump was elected president, former President Barack Obama joined “Tom Joyner Morning Show” to discuss what might happen if Hillary Clinton lost. “I guarantee you he’ll dig up Michelle’s garden,” Obama...

Deserie Rivera is having difficulty sleeping at night, unable to get through to Puerto Rico to find out if her mother is safe after Hurricane Maria struck. Rivera, a 34-year-old waitress at a Puerto Rican restaurant in the southern Florida city...

A California on Friday man was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the worst mass killing in Orange County history, the 2011 shooting deaths of eight people at a hair salon where his ex-wife worked. Scott Dekraai,...

The National Football League on Friday vowed to vigorously fight a lawsuit filed on behalf of former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez’s family that claimed his severe chronic traumatic encephalopathy led to his suicide. Hernandez,...

A senior Syrian opposition activist and her journalist daughter have been found dead at their apartment in Istanbul, the Dogan news agency reported on Friday. Friends raised the alarm after being unable to reach Aroubeh Barakat and her daughter...

Rap group the Wu-Tang Clan released a new track on Friday called “Lesson Learn’d” with lyrics calling out jailed pharmaceutical CEO Martin Shkreli — with whom the band has a contentious history. The New York Daily News...

A spokeswoman for Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) on Friday issued a biting statement aimed at Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), accusing his Republican colleague of “clearly” trying to “distract” from multiple investigations into Russian interference in the...

Life comes at you fast. One minute you’re the chief of staff for the president of the United States—and sure, he wasn’t a perfect boss, and granted, you had to take quite a bit of heat from pretty much everyone, but you were the...

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price spent more than $300,000 of taxpayers’ money traveling on private jets in order to “connect with the real American people,” an aide said Thursday. Related: Trump’s Phoenix Campaign Rally Cost...

She said the Devil made her do it — and this week, a forensic psychiatrist, basically agreed. In testimony this week, Dr. Phillip Resnick said that Elzbieta Plackowska, on trial for killing two children and two dogs “had a psychotic belief...

A woman with Down syndrome has filed a complaint against two Toronto police officers after they mocked her for being “disfigured” and a “half-person” during a traffic stop last year. CBC reports that 29-year-old Francie...